Lilibeth Moreno is a third-year Literature/Writing Major at UC San Diego. She has studied French and Spanish Literature at the Universitat de Barcelona. Though her native language is Spanish, she’s also fluent in English and French.

The Raramuri, or Tarahumara, are an indigenous people of northwestern Mexico who are renowned for their long-distance running ability. The Tarahumara language belongs to the Uto-Aztecan family; today its usage is in decline due to pressures from the Spanish language, but it is still widely spoken.